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A19052	A brief and most pleasau[n]t epitomye of the whole art of phisiognomie, gathered out of Aristotle, Rasis, Formica, Loxius, Phylemo[n], Palemo[n], Consiliator, Morbeth the Cardinal and others many moe, by that learned chyrurgian Cocles: and englished by Thomas Hyll Londoner; Chyromantie ac physionomie anastasis. English	Cocles, Bartolommeo della Rocca, 1467-1504.; Hill, Thomas, b. ca. 1528.	1556 (1556)	STC 5468; ESTC S113547	41,298	89

a lyke as they were swollen downe to the ancles of some dysease declare a fylthy intemperamente The shankes softe in fleashe be signes of a feminine nature The shankes leane and sufficiently synewed and roughe after Aristotle declare an ardencye to venerouse acte For that their nutrimentall matter is altered into sperma in thē and lykened to byrdes The shankes superfluouse and indistincte or yll fashioned declare that man to be od●ble and vnshamfaste Note also that the shankes very hearye wyth the multitude of heare about the preuie membres declare an ardente desire to veneryouse acte for such be compared in nature lyke wyth brute beastes They that be much heary fro the haunches to the feate declare to bee muche geuen to coeate The feete greate by meane they be well sinowed muscled and that the muscles and sinewes appeare in such maner that the greatnes be by reason of the bones and sinewes and not by reason of the aboundaunce of fleashe such be iudged strong after nature Rasis sayeth the feete muche fleashie and harde declareth that man to be of an euill vnderstandyng Aristotle in hys secretes wryteth that the fete fleashye declare such a person to be folyshe and a louer of Iniury And the fete small and lyghte declare that man to be bolde and strong Rasys also sayeth that the fete smal and bewtifull declare that man to be a fornicator and sporter and maker of myrth alwaye mery The nayles of the fete croking lyke to haukes talons be iudged gready catchers and vnshamefast in maner lyuing lyke as the hauke after hys praye Cocles alway marked suche persons which had the lyke nayles on the toes and fyngers to be of a cholerycke complexcyon And founde it a laudable notyse in worthy warriours in such as vse marciall aries And such persōs Aristotle meaneth to be naturally vnshamfast or ouer bolde theues despoylers and fyithy talkers And he nameth the martiall theaues or warriours because they whiche geue their industry holly to war faryng be robbers and wily begilers a●raynyng substaunce or bouties whether it be in ryghte or wrong Of womens fete is here what to be noted as they whiche be long foted be apter to the procreacion of children and by their rote also as the Philosophers saye maye be knowen whiche be apteste to coeate wyth many others moe whiche for the displeasure of god in the vtteryng of them I omitt desiring thee gentle Reader to beare wyth me ther●● Of the hole stature of man The. xxxvi Chapter WE maye here somwhat Judge of mans stature And first for an example we read in the historyes of one Maximinus Emperoure whiche was a man of a huge parsonage and stature and yet named or rea● ned for a sole Of whom arose thys prouerbe Climacis egiptia et Caliga Maximini whiche prouerbe brieflye to saye is applyed to suche as be of huge stature parsonage hauyng eun condicions or properties that for their maners had in contempt of al men But what nedeth to recite thys seeing we see euery where sayth Indagines that suche whiche be of so huge straunge stature be not of the wisest or very nidiottes this most especial if they be leane long bodyed and crane neaked or neaked lōg lyke the crane Of whych sort Indagines noted in the court of Fredericke the third and Charles Emperours maruelouse leane and tall very frowarde and stark folyshe nor they muche differ not fro these whiche goe much stoupyng or crokedly wherof the olde prouerbe If I maye so saye mighte here bee renewed which is I haue seldom seen a long or tal man wittye or a litle man meeke and pacyent But to be brief that man whiche is of a meane stature and comly or reasonable fat of body and in qualities honestly nurtered declareth to be ingeniouse circumspect and wyth expedicion doeth hys businesses Further the stature long and sufficient strayte and more leane then fatte declareth that man to be bolde cruell proude clamorous vayne gloryouse long angry or furiouse in anger to muche constant or hard to be moued presumptuouse not sone credityng thynges heard an often lyar in many thynges maliciouse The stature long and sufficietly fatte declareth that man to be strong lightly vnfaythfull false of a grosse wytte a niggarde warye vnfaythfull and a surmiser The stature long leane and thynne declareth that man to be sapyente vayne a lyar of a grosse feadyng or feader importunate to wished thynges sone credityng weake slowe in doing thynges and very self willed The stature short and grosse declareth that man to be vayne fearefull suspicious more folysh then wittye of a grosse wytte and congruently saruisable to one sone crediting and long continewing angrye The stature shorte and leane and sufficiently strayte vp declareth that man to be naturally wary ingeniouse a sparer proude bolde secrete fatigable or a much prouoker vayne gloryouse congruently sap● ente of a good vnderstandyng and very often surmysing The stature declyning or fallyng forward not caused thorow age but by nature declareth that man to bee wary secrete dull of a grosse feadyng sharpe or cruel a niggarde laboriouse long bearyng angre in mynde and not lightly credityng The stature bendyng bakwarde declareth that man to be a fole of smal vnderstādyng a grosse fea der vayn of an euil memory and lightly cōuertibleto good or euil A conclusion or briefe rehearsall of the whole arte of Phisiognomie NOwe let vs reduce all these matters afore spoken to a conclusyon Although these afore rehearsed appeare sufficiente Wherefore to bee briefe let vs pronounce of all the membres throughout the body and first of the eyes They whyche haue moysty cleare cherful and quaueryng eies declare them to be honest conditioned and merye And that these maye the readyier appeare we shal set them forth orderly as it were in a table what euery membre declareth whiche we haue placed here vnder FIrst the eies moyst cleare and smilyng declare that man to be mery well manered and circumspecte in hys lyfe The eies stedfast of syght som what redde and very great declare that man to be a glutton and leacherouse The eies small somewhat mouing declare that man to be couetouse The eies great declare that man to be crafty and a begyler The eies stedfast of syghte to be deceitfull or crafty The eies mouing to fro declare y t man to be sedicious suspicious vnfaythfull or trusty a boster Brod eied declare that man to be dull witted a sluggarde fearfull a coward honest and trusty dronke with wyne Small eied declare that person to be vnshamefast or shameles The eies couertly quaueryng as it were to be vniust The eies not a lyke and smal declare that mā to be deceitful and a flaterer The sight of the eies turnyng nere the nose declare that person to be veneriouse The eies brode and runnynge and the syghte mouing to and fro declare that man to be Ireful The eies dryer then they afore declare

in many thynges The eye lyddes very shorte or narrowe and in coloure white or browne declare that man to be as he were congruent to all thynges weake fearful easely and soone crediting other more simple then wise and conuertible to good and euil Of the spaces betwene the eie browes The. xv Chapter THe spaces betwene the eie browes neare ioyning together declare that man to be a nyggarde enuiouse secret very muche desireful of beawtiful thynges hauyng a vayne fortune and more cruel or fierce then delectable The spaces betwene the eie browes very long declare that man to be sumwhat dull of capacitie of a subtyll vnderstandyng of muche boldenesse verye faythfull and of a perfyt and vpryghte frendshyp Of the eyes The. xvi Chapter THe eies greate that is grosse and muche apparaunte declare that man to be commonly slowe and sumtyme bolde enuyouse partly shamefaste and partlye not secrete congruente a niggarde ●ain lightlye lying long a●grye of an euill memorye or remembraunce of a grosse wytte an● of a small vnderstandyng and lesse sapyente then h●reakenc●h hymselfe to be The eyes depe in the head as they were hydde that is ▪ hollowe in and the syghte farre in declar that man to be suspiciouse maliciouse long angry o● muche Ireful of a peruerse maner perfyt of memorye bo●de cruell lyghtlye lying a threatner a vycyouse leacherer proude en●●ouse and a deceauer The eies situated as in lengthe declare that manne to be a wyly begyler of menne enuiouse and a deceauer of deceauers hauyng hys delyghte therein The eies standyng very farre oute declare that manne to be simple or a foole somwhat shamefaste sumwhat large in expenses wyllyngly to be bounde to serue or to be a prentise of a grosse vnderstandyng and wytte talketyue and lyghtlye leadde to good or euyll The eyes that beholde sharpelye and wyth the eye lyddes studyous●ye declyning declare that manne to bee maliciouse and an often deceauer verye false often lying enuiouse a thefe a nyggarde secrete wicked and fayntly faythfull The eyes verye small declare that manne to bee a foole weake in strength applying in maners to the ape that is to be fearful and a deceauer The eyes congruentlye small and rounde declare that manne to be shamefaste weake symple ▪ soone beleauyng an other mans sayinges of a grosse wytte and dull vnderstandyng and often hauyng a sharpe or cruel fortune lyberall to other and decently shamefaste The eyes lytle and wrinkled declare that manne to haue an vnhappye forewarde wytte to dooe vnhappy dedes compared in hys lyfe to the ape That manne whiche hath a chyides looke wyth hym declareth to be one that bethynketh not on hard or diffuse matters and lyueth long after nature The eyes ob●yque or lookyng crokedly declare that man to be a deceauer wytty a niggard enuiouse Ireful a lyar and in many thynges malicyous and shal haue also a sharpe feauer wherof he shall spedely dye vpon The eyes dyuerse or not a lyke and in beholdynge wauer vp and downe or to and fro declare that man to be an often lyar bayne simple leacherouse a deceauer soone credityng one enuious stoute and hardy a desirer of fayer thynges and easily broughte to good or euill That man whiche is varyable graye and whitishe ●yed is for the more parte borne to bee a Philosopher and a searcher of darke and hydde secretes The eyes that ●winkle often and moue beefore and after declare that manne to be leacherous vnstable often lying lyghtlye or soone false a betraier vnfaythfull presumptuous harde in beleuyng● one The eyes that moue swiftlye and the syghte appearyng sharpe declare that man to be ful o● disce●t wyly a thefe and vnfaythfull whiche Cocles founde trewe in sondry parsons That manne whyche ●oketh or beholdeth with the eyes as thoughe he alwaye laugheth declareth hym to be a flatterer leacherouse vnshamefast and a deceauer The white of the eyes somwhat cit●ine in colour declare that manne to be symple often lying to one and reasonable secrete very seife wylled and long angry or Ireful The eyes that moue fast or slowe or slowlye beholdyng but yet sharplye with a reclinacyon of the fleashe of the eye lyddes declare that man to be very maliciouse in many thynges vayne slowe in pace or otherwyse a lyar vnfaythfull enuiouse and a brauler That man whiche hath white or blacke or redde spottes like blode aboute the eyes is to be forsaken of al good and honest company The eyes whiche be as they were redde or filthy by teares or bloude declare that man to be Ireful arrogante or proude disdaynful cruel vnshamefaste vnfaythful a lyar obstinate vayne simple of a tendre capacitie a deceauer and maye easely be brought godly or vertuouse The eyes very great lokyng vpwarde lyke to ●xe eyen and that they appeare readdysh declare that mā to be mischeuouse folyshe and a foole dul of vnderstandyng of an euyll remembraunce a drunkarde and a grosse feder THe eyes meane informe tendynge to the celestiall coloure or to blackenes declare that manne to be reasonably ●easeable gentle faith full of a good wytte of a synguler vnderstandyng and congruentlye wyllyng to be bounde to serue one ▪ or to be a prentyse or a courtyer The eyes whiche be mattery and one whyle rūne and another whyle cease runnyng declare that manne to be deceatfull rashe a robber by the hygh waye and lyke to cum to an euyll deathe onlesse almightye god pleaseth the contrary They whiche haue drye matter or fylth shining before the eyes declare that manne to be a great sleaper and louer of sleape And he also which hath filth hanging on the eyes is a louer of wyne and a greate drynker he which hath the whytnes of the eyes tendyng to blackenes declareth hym to be a greate man lyuyng or beeyng in honoure And the whytnes yealowish to be a cruell manne and a deceauer The eyes greate and the ouerbrowes long declare that manne to be shorte lyued And the eyes also longe wyth the ouerbrowes long declareth that mā that he shall bee learned but shorte lyued he whyche shall haue the eyes oblique hauyng that tyme a sharpe feauer on hym shall soone after dye The vpper eye lydde ▪ coueryng as it were the neather declare that man to be long lyued after nature he whiche hath sinal and rounde eyes declareth hym to renewe agayne wyllyngly to dooe euyl especyally if he be pa●e faced The eyes of measurable or competente greatnes moyst and cleare shyning to be stoute and bolde th●n kyng and intendyng or doyng mightye matters and sumtyme they declare that man to be Iracundyouse a wyne bybber a braller or clatterer geauyn to moste ●●●●c●able glottony The eyes hauyng as it were lyke to a pearle compasyng the syghte of the eyes declare that manne to be enuyouse full of woordes fearefull and mischeuouse Of the nose The. xvii Chapter THe nose longe and somewhat thinne declareth that manne to be boulde curiouse in hys doynges Irefull vaine soone perswaded to good or

hauyng the palmes long with lōg fingers declining to subtunes meane in laughing or of laughter whose countenaūce loketh ioyous and meary The significacyons of hote and dry bodyes after Rasis The. viii Chapter THese bodyes be thicke bushye of heare on the head and elles where leane also and in the felyng hote the skynne thycke and roughe and strong sinewes hauing the vaines bones iointes much apparaūt a lowe voyce their pulces verye swifte and moauing or beating the lyke they bee also hote in the fealyng very bolde and obstinate these hetherto be Rasis wordes The significations of cold and moyst● bodies after Rasis The. ix Chapter THese bodies be thought saft in y ● feling and naked of heare hauing gentle or saft heare on the head theyr vaines narrow Jointes hyd hauing corpulent bodyes much fatte sleping weakly or vnquietly slowe of mouing and slower in their pace goyng Of the heare of the head The. x. Chapter THe heare of the head playne and long and whitshe lyke or flaxen in coloure if they be thinne and softe declare that man yuery to be naturallye fearfull in heart weake in strength peasable in sosietyes euery where congruente reformable benigne and gentle The heare grosse bristled and shorte declare that man to be naturally strong withoute care bolde vnquiet a maker of lyes or enuious and of sum named vayn an often deceauer desyryng fayer thynges to the eie and more simple then wyse although for tune maye fauoure or fawn on hym The heare muche kurled declareth that man to be dull of witte or of muche simplicitie or elles both a lyke The heare aboundaunte on the temples of the face and on the forehead by whiche the forehead may well be iudged heary declare that man to be symple vayn seacherous soone credityng other in maners talke rusticall and grosse of witte The heare much bristlyng and standyng vp in a bushe writhingly declare that man to bee much simple bolde proude of a dull capacitie sone angrye a liar leacherouse maliciouse in euill presumptuouse The heare feakyng vp on the corner of the forehead and al the rest standyng vp or but parte of them and that the forehead therby appeareth balde declare that man to be simple and partly maliciouse with a wittines or circumspecciō of ordre or maners therin The heare much aboundaunte on the head that is thicke bushing ouer all the head declare that man to be leacherous and of good digestion vayne or a liar lightly fierce and rigorouse slowe in doyng thinges euill of memorye desiryng or coueting fayer thinges and infortunate The heare of the head redde in coloure declare that man to be enuiouse muche irefull full of inward deceite full of rancore or poyson whiche we terme com monly venimouse a deceauer proude and an euil talker by one behinde his backe flatteryng to his face The heare of the head very browne to the coloure of the chesnutte declare that man to be congruente to all thynges louing or desiryng honour dooyng iustice hauing a haut mynd and vayne pryde or gloryin hymselfe The heare of the head very blacke declare that mā to be congruente to all thynges more to the good thē to the euil in ockupacion and labour studious secret faythfull and not well fortunate The heare of the head to flaxen or cleishe coloure declare that man to be of a good condicion and congruente to all thynges fearefull chaste or shamēast weake and of a good witte of a tender capacitie hauing a hard and cruell fortune The heare of the head meane in quantitie and co loure declare that man to be congruente and more tē dyng to the good then to the euill louing a peaceable lyfe louing clenlynes and good maners The heare of the head in Juueniute or younge age h●ry and balde declare that man to be often moued and desiryng to coeat vayn or a lyer bolde vnstable and talketyue Of the head The. xi Chapter THe head bigge and sufficiente rounde throughe oute declareth that man to be secrecte witty and circumspect in his doinges ingenious discrete of a great imaginacion or a great imaginour laborious stable or stedfast and faythfull in promis or otherwise for the more parte That head that hath a great throte with the necke whiche declyneth to the earth warde declareth that man to be ware or witty a nigarde peaceable secrete folowyng very muche his owne sensualitie and minde and stable in doyng matters That head whiche is long hauing the face long and bigge and deformable declareth that mā to be a foole maliciouse or very simple vayne or a lyer sone beleuing the thyng heard or tolde hym a caryer or teller of newes and also enuious or hatefull That head which is very voluble or lightly turning here and there declareth that man to be a foole simple vayne a lier deceitfull presumtuouse vnstable dull of capacitie or vnderstandyng of an euill witte of a tender capacitie sumwhat prodigall or wastfull and a bearer or teller of newes That head whiche is great hauing a large face declareth that man to be suspiciouse stoute and hardye couetyng beutifull thinges wary symple grosse of fedyng secrete bolde and not sufficient shamefast That head whiche is greate and not congruentlye shapen hauing a shorte throte and great necke declareth that man to be sufficiente witty to hymselfe wary secrete Ingenius of a stable Imaginacion faythfull tellyng troth and in many thynges or matters tractable That head whiche is small hauyng a thinne and long throte declareth that man to be very Weake folyshe long angry fearefull a little feader apt to learn or to be taughte and not wel fortunated and for the smalnes of the head apt to fall into lickenesses That head which is very great and the necke with the sinowes and bones small declareth an euill condicion or qualitie of the brayne and that man to be a dullarde and foole compared to the asse That head whiche is great propercyoned to the body and especially with the necke so that the necke be strong and meanely great with strong and greate sinowes declareth a laudable conuersacyon and honestie in that persons apt to study good artes to be an vpright dealer with all men for the more parte That head which is lyke to a pineapple that is great beneath and sharpe rounde vp to the crowne declareth that mā to be alwey without shame a gready catcher and vniuersally Irefull and bolde That head whiche moueth faste as though it quauereth declareth that man to be vnstable bolde and Irefull thorowe the cause of the heate of the braine That head whiche is very rounde as a boule or cōpasse rounde declareth that man to promesse many thinges and perfourme none a babler double tōged importunate couetous enuiouse and cōsidereth not of that paste nor commyng but that presente and that very slēderly And ther be also of them whiche robbe and murder by the high way which if they cum to be rulers they be

properly cōpared to y ● dogge as Palemō saith The lippes well coloured and more subtyle then great declare that man to bee of a good condicion in all thinges and lightlie conuertible to good or euill and rather to vertues then to vicis as Mychael the Scot faieth and there Jubiter is represented The lippes not sufficiente equall thoroughe oute To that the one is greater thē the other declareth that man to be more simple then sapiente of a grosse wit and dull vnderstanding hauing a diuerse or variable fortune as the autentikes affirme The vpper lyppe thinne and sumwhat eleuated or turmnge vp as Ptholome sayeth declareth that mā to be very talkatiue an accusare very enuious The vpper lippe turning or folding vppe and the neyther lippe downe declare to that man a myserable lyfe and to be vnseamite manered and this Cocles noted in certaine and neady poore parsones The Philosopher Ptholome also sayeth that yf the lyppes be thinne and that the vpper lyppe foldeth vp and the nether downe declare that man to be a deceauer and a thefe The lyppes greate lyke the dogge declare that man to be a deceyuar and an accuser The nether lyppe of the womā large hanging and very ruddy declareth a most earneste wyll to coeate and somtyme to be a harlote The lyppes congruently thinne and not much folding outwarde declare that man to be secret in al his doynges or in all thinges commonlye warie Iracundious and of a synguler wytte Of the Teathe The .xx. Chapter THe teathe small and weake in chewyng and thynne set and shorte declare that man to be weake of a good wytte of a tendre capacitie gentle faythfull trusty secrete fearefull of shorte lyfe and congruente to good or euyl The ththe not equipolent or all alyke in quantity and in the standing of the gummes certayne be shall narrow certayne large certayne thynne and certaine thyck sette declare that manne to be warye of a good wit bolde dysdaynfull enuious and lyghtlye or easely brought to good or euyll The tethe verye longe and as they were sharpe and sumwhat thynne sette and stronge in the chewynge declare that man to be enuyous wicked a gluttone bold and as he were vnshamefaste a lyare false or deceatfull vnfaythfull and suspicious The teathe cytryne or browne in coloure whether they be shorte or longe declare that man to be more foollyshe then wyse a grosse feder soone crediting of a trubled or an encombred vnderstandinge often deceatfull a lyare enuious a coueter of other mennes goodes and suspicious The teathe great and large whether they declyne or beare out or in whether they be thynne or thicke set declare that man to be vayne or enuious lasciuious of a grosse feading soone crediting symple deceatfull a lyare and of a tender capacitie and wyttyd to the Oxe The teathe stronge and thycke set declare that manne to lyue longe by nature a desyrer of bewtyfull thynges of a dull capacytye and grosse wytte stoute and hardye muche selfe wylled or a follower to muche of hys owne reasone ● a bearer or teller of newes soone credyting to one The teathe weake set small thinne and slendre declare that man to be weake of shorte lyfe warye or wyttie of a good capacitie soone crediting common lye shamefaste tractable gentle and faithfull The teathe stronge and thicke set declare that man to lyue tonge leachearous a riotous waster of hys proper goodes bolde stronge dyscrete and selfe willed The teathe longe like dogges teathe and strong set and properlie bearinge outwarde declare that man to be a very gluttonous persone and fierce angrye compared to the dogge or bore such Cokles knewe to be deuourers of their owne substaunce great haūters to tauernes and ale houses deceuars horehunters or maynteiners of hores and somtyme murderers espectiallye yf any other proportion strengtheneth the same The teathe weake set thynne and verye small declare the hole bodie thorough out to be weake as Rasis affirmeth The teathe of a persone sycke moste drye wyth oute anie moystenes in them declare a most sure token or sygne of deathe because the radical moystnes in hym is consumed and suche bodyes bee lyke to a laumpe without oyte. Of the tounge The. xxi Chapter THe tounge ouer swyft to speake declareth that man to be more symple then wyse of a grosse wytte and dul vndrestanding sone creadyting and lightly conuertible to good or euyll The tounge that stutteth or stamereth in speakinge declareth that manne to be verie simple vayne or a lyare vnstable iracundious soone conuer tible fro angre willing to sarue and weake The tounge verye great and roughe declareth that man to bee warie malicious congruentlye wyllynge to sarue vayne or a lyar dysdaynfull secret a betraier a bearer or teller of newes fearefull wycked vngratious hauinge congruentlye sufficiente of manye thinges The toungue subtyl or thyn declareth that man to bee verie ingenious lyghtlie or for a lyght cause fearefull soone creditynge and conuertyble to good or euyll The tounge that lyspeth or stamereth declareth that persone to feare to drynke wyne and sumtyme he susteyneth debilitie of the brayne and thereof it commeth that the drounke do stammer stut or lyspe because the vapoures of the wine dronke in into that parte of the tounge named the sponge enlarge the same and chaunge it fro hys natural state and forme Hypocras in hys secrettes sayeth that the heauines of the tounge in a younge man after hys lightenes declareth sodayne deathe yf God permitte the same The tounge greate and large declareth that man to haue a rude witte and that phlegmaticke humores reaste in the brayne or in the rest of hys body as Cocles manye tymes noted it Conciliator sayeth that that persone that speaketh hys wordes at twyse or pronounceth them with great difficultie declareth a melancholicke qualitie The tounge come swyfte by mouynge and corruptnes causyng a repeatynge of wordes declareth that manne to be a foole violente or hastie in wrathe and Iracundious for the mouablenes and caliditie of the spyryttes festinating or hastininge the pronoūciation ▪ without consideracion The tounge in maner immouable lyke to a stone declareth that manne to be slowe in hys pase and in hys worckes or doynges And the tounge subtile representeth a subtyle wytte for the decente matter that is of the humore and spyryte althoughe it declareth a hote and perauenture a cholerycke complextion Ptholome the phylosopher sayeth that the tounge longe and redde declareth that persone to be wyttye because it declareth laudable humoures and in kysses maye muche be conceaued herin for Cocles consyderinge a certayne creature felte the tounge put fourthe moste pleasaunte to a braunche whereof he knewe that the vertue of the musckles is voluntary Ptholome also sayeth that the tounge whyte of colour declareth pouerty and misery to that persone The tounge in the naturall coloure infected declareth an infection and euyll dysposition especially of the breast and bellye as Conciliator affyrmeth The tounge longe greate

knewe the lyke The face meane to the disposicion of the others afore but more fatte then leane declareth that man to bee true in talke willyng to be bounde to serue commonly ingeniouse wary and pertitie of memorye The face very croked long and leane declareth that man to be of a grosse wytte as it were to all good thynges simple of a dull vnderstandyng not faythfull enuiouse and of a lighte occasyon malicious The face larger fro the forehead downewarde to the ioyning or knitting of the cheke bones or Jawes and higher then after or behynde declareth that man to be simple in doing matters in talke enuiouse partly fearefull partely bolde somtime sparinge a ly are vayne deceatfull stoute of mynde a braller weake a grosse seder and of an euill wytte The face well disposed or fashioned in fleshe coloure and in his partes as in the eyes and eye lyddes in which is a pleasauntnes and comlines declareth that man generallye to bee well dysposed to doo bothe vices and vertues The face pale in coloure declareth that manne to bee parfytlye healthefull verye malicious a betrayer or vtterer of secretes a lyare proude vayne luxuryous sumwhat sparynge enuious presumptuous a gros feder not sufficient faythfull nor trusty The face well cou●oured declareth that manne to be of a laudable dysposicion in hys or after hys complextion merye soone creditynge congruentlye saruisable to other of a good vnderstandyng and lightlye conuertyble to all thynges The face hollowe that is fro the begynnynge of the forehead vnto the end of the chynne that the nose and mouthe bee as it were in a vallye argueth that mā to be euil manered especially yf the face be aduste or wanne in coloure Cocles saw such to bee murtherers robbers by the hygh waye or pirates and theues and thys was hys iudgement often in such parsones The face small and yelowyshe in coloure argueth that man to be vngracious vicious a deceauer and often geuen to be dronke as Cocles manye tymes noted it The face as it were fyrie redde incouloure especiallye wyth manye redde spottes lyke to lyttle pustles declareth that manne to haue a verye craftye and wylie wyt Of the sygnyfycacyon of the eares The. xxviii Chapter TThe eares expresse the temperaunce and the proporcion of the principall membres and speciallye the brayne whiche experience certifieth vs because the brain somtime sendeth out an intoxicate matter very fulsum behind the eares where is engendred an impostome after the diuersities of the humours The eares great and thicke declare that man to be simple or a fole slouthfull a grosse feader of an euyll memory and of a dull capacitie and long lyued The eares very small and thynne declare that mā to be of a good witte vnderstandyng and wysdom secret peaceable warye fearful honest clenly somwhat sparyng shamefast vayn gloriouse bolde or hardy of a good memory and sufficiently content to serue The eares somwhat ouer long that is aboue the commune fourme or large by an ouerthwarte maner declare that man to be bold vnshamefast vayn slouthfull folyshe contente to serue and maye indure but a whyle to laboure and a great feader And in a maner al they which haue great or bigge eares as Cocles hath noted it haue a short necke a well facioned heade and they be sanguyne and for the more parte tendyng to choler or to grosse sanguyne somwhat aduste and these persons be impacyent and sone or for a lyghte cause angrye for that Aristotle nemeth them nidiottes but that they be of a good cōdicion after their fury past and also of good memory and long lyued because in them is a good proporcion betwene hote moyste and he that is a meane is temperate in hys doynges The eares greate and rysyng high or long declare folyshnes and a babbler They whyche haue ouer small eares be condicioned to the ape and great eares after the asse whose properties both of the axe asse be well knowen Ptholomie the Philosopher saieth that the eares greate bowyng downward argue riches and when the eares be very smal it signifieth paucitie of matter and the weake vertue of the brayne and it argueth also a choleryke matter of the whyche be caused subtyl spirites and therfore suche be wittye in vngracyouse workes and be theues nidiottes and so couetouse that they desire all thynges and thorowe their concupiscence they be luxuriouse and peraduenture vnderstanded of the immoderate desires not by the power or vertue of the matter The eares bearyng or hangyng very great oute as Palemon sayeth declare foolyshues and garrulitie and to be also couetouse The eares also as they were cutted and verye shorte declare as Loxius sayeth a dyuerle dysceate The eares fashyoned that the connexed lynes semicircularlye bee i● the mydle sumwhat flatte towarde the centre and of meane bygnes whiche maye agree decently to the head do witnes a goodnes of nature in that person And the eares ouer rounde declare that person to be vnapt to learne or to be taught The eares long and narrow declare enuiousnes The eares hanging flat to the head declare dulnes slouthfulnes as Albertus affirmeth note also that smal eares declare short lyfe and to be perfit of hearyng thorow the vertue of heate The eares very great and farre bearyng oute as Consiliator sayth declare foolyshnes garrulitie and imprudencie And Ptholomie the Philosopher sayeth that he whiche hath thynne and drie eares shall neuer haue substaunce or be riche and it deciadeth a very cholericke complexion of whiche procedeth an exhauste intencion in congruente operacyons and argueth also most instabilitie Of the throte The. xxix Chapter THe throte cleare whether it be leane or fatte declareth that manne to be vaine gloryous enuious feareful lasciuious lyghtlye lying congruently wary much Irefull and longe dysdaynfull The throte leane and thynne and in which the vaynes appeare declareth that man to be of an euyll fortune weake slouthful a grosse feder soone crediting and conuertyble to good or euyll Of the sygnyfycacions of the necke The. xxx chapter FIrste the necke greate not by reason of the fleshines but by reason of the bygnes of the bones sinowes be stronge lykened to the masculyne kynde after the maners of the minde he vndrestandeth because the male in his kinde hath a great necke and liuelie The necke meane betwene longe and short declareth a hote complexion boldnes The necke long and slendre lykened to the femynine kynde when the necke is greate lyueliy as I haue aboue said argueth fortitude of the brayne by the consequente caliditie of the harte like as there be men in their kynde The necke great by fleshines and not by reasō of the magnitude of the sinowes and bones and as Rasys addeth to stiffe and strong be Iracundiouse and likened to the apparante congruencie in Irefull bulles chafed whiche then inspeciall haue suche a disposicion of the necke and as Rasis addeth to be also hasty in their doynges The necke sufficiently

the dewe proporsyon of the firste qualities and more approcheth to caliditie and ienyty thē to coldnes or aspernes and more to fleashynes then to leannes suche a felyng verely argueth the goodnes of the complexcyon y ● is the equal complexcyon wyth the goodnesse of the wyite and vnderstandyng The vaynes verye large and apparante declare a cho●crycke parson and hys condicions The vaynes narrow and as they were flatte and somtyme leadish in colour declare a melancholike nature or complexcion The vaynes depe in the body seme to declare a Phlegmaticke nature The vaynes in due proporcion apparante and notable declare a sanguyne nature Of the shoulder poyntes THe shoulder poyntes leane and smal declare that man to be weake fearefull peaseable and maye not endure to laboure sone credytyng and to all thynges conuertible The shoulder poyntes large and great declare that man to be strong to much constante or hard to be moued faythfull of a grosse wytte and feadyng simple a paynful laborer sufficiently feadig and soue quieted The shoulder poyntes crokyng inwarde declare that man to be wary slouthfull secrete ingeniouse and a surmiser The shoulder poyntes flatte and brode declare that man to be simple a sparer or niggarde laboryouse modeste in all hys doynges especially in tounge and feadyng quyete sone credyting and conuertyble to good or euill The shoulder poyntes vnequall as the one greater then the other declare that man to be slouthful of a dul vnderstandig ▪ of a grosse wit feadyng ▪ sipie of a dul capacitie faithful bold a niggard or one hard to be moued and somtymes an vtterer of secretes false and not credityng one The shoulder pointes very high standing vp declare that man to bee in maners of an open lyfe enuiouse symple vayne a liar vnstable bolde inuerycundiouse and a braller or quareier Of the Phisiognomye of the armes The. xxxii Chapter OF the armes nedeth not much to speake seyng there is none so slendre wytted as I Judge but that can readily saye and Judge those men to be mighty and strong which haue wel brawned armes or great sinewes and manye whyche make a body strong Contrary the skynne fleshie and the senowes not so diuerse land many to be sene declare such to be Phlegmatike and sanguyne proue to cowardnes The armes monstruous long declare holdnes fortitude ignobilitie and wyth thys short lyfe The armes croked in respecte of the stature or greate boned declare those persons to be vnthankeful shameles couetouse ill reporters or backebiters enuiouse haute or proude and not muche differyng fro thē which haue heary armes which also be proud or reprocheful veneriouse wielie craftie vnstable and talketyue or ful of wordes When the armes shalbe so long that they reche to the knees argueth subtylnesse arrogancie and couetousnes to reygne or gouerne Aristotle also sayeth that these signes declare boldnes ▪ goodnes with largenes in expēsis such kyng Alexander was thought to haue The armes so mōstruous long that they reache to the thighes declare that those persons bee vngracyous Joying in other mennes harmes and enuyouse and many authors saye that thys signe declareth fearfulnes ignoraunce and a louer of discorde He whiche feadeth so gredely that he bryngeth the mouth to the meate not wyth the hande decently for the euill fashioning therof and for the shortnes and crokednes of the armes declare those persons to be malicious and enuyouse The cubites of the armes slendre and leane if they shalbe weake declare hym to be rude vnapt to be taught The armes greate in the bones sinewes fleashe declare a strōg and mightie nature And if the vaynes appeare declare a hote complexcyon when the armes be great by softe fleashe declare a feminine nature The Phisiognomiers saye that the armes very hearye declare that person to be luxuryouse Aristotle sayeth that he whiche when he talketh moueth the arme muche by the mouyng of the hande declareth that person to be enuiouse ▪ eloquente of speache and a deceauer And he that refrayneth to moue the hande the lyke is of a perfit vnderstanding wel disposed and wittye of councell or a wytty counsaylet Of the significacions of the breast and ribbes The. xxxiii Chapter THe lion is not alonely knowē strong but also bold by the breast as they especially Judge which wryte of the natures of beastes euen lyke by that conjecture we name that man to be strong and bold whiche hath the brest well bearyng out and to be luxuriouse malepert or wanton in asking or yl tonged lasciuiouse of talke haute or proude Iracundiouse and somwhat spatyng The breast bushie of heare and in the selyng hote declareth that man to be cholerick with hys qualitie that is to be bolde obstynate and muche Ireful The breast naked and bare of heare declareth that parson to be colde and Phlegmaticke of nature and inqualitie feareful and slowe The breaste vnequallye hounchyng ht●h oute on the ton parte we fynde such parsons to be marcialies wie●y begilers prone to al wickednes to be naturally vayne or liars and hipocrites Euen so they whiche be red on the breaste vp to the throte we fynde to be Irefull contencyouse presumptuouse haute or arrogante inconstante but yet fearefull And that breast we Judge most comly which is meanely fylled wyth fleshe and meanelye heary for thys declareth that person to be discret prudente and of a good nature They whiche be well ribbed strong after lyfe be compared to the masculyne k●d And they which be weake smal ribbed after nature be likened to the feminine kynde they which he compassed aboute the ribbes with fleashe bearyng out lyke as they were blowen declare those persons to be talkatyue and folyshe talkers compared to the oxe frogge Note also that the ribbes of the feminine kind be narrowe and smal and the great guttes also for the lacke of natural heate And the man the contrarye by ●●s greate heate Of the Phisiognomy of the handes The .xxxiiii. Capter FOr as much as hetherto I haue vsed an ordre in the phisiognomatyng of the membres and that by the handes may diuerse●ye be noted I wyll therfore speake somwhat therof And first as Aristotle sayth the greatnesse and shortnesse of the fingers declareth paucitie of matter and a Phlegmaticke compleccyon and that nature maye not direcie of whych the spirites be not lyke to nature and then they bee folysh and the lyke affirmeth Rasis Consiliator and the Philosopher Ptholomie Formica worthely saith that the greatnes of the hande commeth somtyme by much laboure and therfore they which laboure much haue great handes And somtyme it commeth by nature and thē by the grennes of the bones and sinewes or muscles such a person whether it be man or woman be naturally strong and sometyme also it proceadeth by the grossenes of the fleshe and then suche be drunkardes luxuriouse and naturallye vile Also he whiche hath greate handes and the fyngers at the toppes sharpe or small